{"id":1596,"date":"2022-06-24T14:34:57","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T14:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/charlotterescuemission.org\/wp2\/?p=1596"},"modified":"2025-02-12T15:47:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T15:47:45","slug":"nikki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/charlotterescuemission.org\/wp2\/nikki\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikki \u2014 God knew that I needed to be here&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1596\" class=\"elementor elementor-1596\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3539b0a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3539b0a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_use_container_extras&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6f80a9 ob-harakiri-inherit ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e6f80a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_use_harakiri&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_harakiri_writing_mode&quot;:&quot;inherit&quot;,&quot;_ob_postman_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_poopart_use&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_shadough_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nikki grew up surrounded by addiction and abuse and believed it was just part of life. But after being nearly destroyed by her own addiction, she sought help in changing her life forever\u2026<\/p><p>\u201cI was at rock bottom, sleeping in the woods,\u201d Nikki says. She wanted to break free from addiction but had no idea where to begin.<\/p><p>Then she heard about Charlotte Rescue Mission.<\/p><p>After being admitted to our Dove\u2019s Nest recovery program, Nikki learned something new every day, like the role heredity can play in addiction. \u201cMy dad and stepmother are addicts. So is my brother. My stepfather was an alcoholic and he used to beat my mother every day,\u201d she says. \u201cA month after I came to Dove\u2019s Nest, my mother died of an overdose.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cIf it weren\u2019t for the Mission, I think I would be dead too.\u201d<\/p><p>Today, Nikki is a new woman. After graduating from Dove\u2019s Nest, she enrolled in our Life Skills program, joining other graduates at work in our Community Matters Cafe\u0301. 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